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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
BADR-8
Launched
May 27, 2023 · 04:30 UTC
Summary
BADR-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 27, 2023 at 04:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:25 to 05:32 UTC. It was SpaceX's 249th launch, 36th this year and humanity's 6,448th orbital launch attempt. It was the 171st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 33rd this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 14th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Badr 8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 410 × 61,210 km orbit inclined 27.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- ARABSAT BADR-8 MissionSpaceX
- ARABSAT BADR-8 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 171st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 33rd this yearSpaceX's 249th launch36th this yearhumanity's 6,448th orbital launch attempt80th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Badr 8 · NORAD 56757 · 2023-075 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-075A
- Epoch
- 2023-05-27 07:03:56 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.21091634 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8176111
- Inclination
- 27.8423°
- Ascending node
- 147.685°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.286°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.9279°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Badr 8 · NORAD 56757 · in orbit
Falcon 9-228 Stage 2 · re-entered August 25, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Eurostar Neo platform for Arabsat.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
182nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 19th this year · 888th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 27, 12:30 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/27/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2023 · source
Weather 30% GO
hitura-nobad · 5/26/2023 · source
Weather 40% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2023 · source
Delayed to NET May 27 due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2023 · source
Confirmed rescheduled for May 25 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2023 · source
Scrub due to weather, next launch attempt tomorrow.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2023 · source
Hold.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2023 · source
Questions
When did BADR-8 launch?
BADR-8 launched on May 27, 2023 at 04:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:25 to 05:32 UTC.
Where can I watch BADR-8?
Coverage: ARABSAT BADR-8 Mission; ARABSAT BADR-8 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched BADR-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did BADR-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 27, 12:30 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 14th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did BADR-8 reach?
Badr 8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 410 × 61,210 km orbit inclined 27.8°.
How many satellites did BADR-8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).